Police Incident Reports A Selection of Noteworthy Incident Reports

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Incident Report for Case #2013-000000

Incident Type

Traffic Incident

Incident Date

06/11/2013 - 4:00 PM

Address

700 block Williamson St.

Details

It had the makings of a not very pretty scene: a mother duck and her ducklings trying to make it across busy Williamson Street during yesterday's rush hour. Lake Monona was their likely destination, but they were going to have to run, or in this case waddle, an urban gauntlet to get there. Fortunately, MPD Sgt. David Samson was in the right spot at the right time. He brought traffic to a temporary standstill, and coordinated safe passage. He recorded the moment on his cell phone.